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Chapter 181
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Adrien didn’t waste another second the moment he recognized the mark, he moved through the apartment like a storm methodical, silent, unrelenting. Drawers opened Cabinets checked. Windows inspected Every space was touched by his precision.Ryan followed him, heart pounding. “Adrien, slow down“Don’t.” Adrien’s voice was sharp enough to cut air. “If he got in once, he can do it again We need to know how.”Ryan clenched his fists, forcing himself to focus. “The locks weren’t tampered with. I checked them last night.”“Then he used the key.”Ryan froze. “What key?”Adrien straightened slowly, eyes meeting his. “The one I didn’t know existed until now.”For a heartbeat, neither spoke The weight of the implication sank like a blade between them.Ryan’s voice dropped. “You think someone gave it to him?”“I think he’s always had it.” Adrien turned away, checking under the couch, then behind the curtains. “The question is why now?”The apartment was small enough that every sound echoed: the s
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The message glowed faintly on Adrien’s phone, a single line of text that made Ryan’s stomach drop.ROUND TWO BEGINS.No sender No timestamp Just the digital equivalent of a smirk.Ryan stared at it for a few seconds, frozen, his fingers hovering just above the screen. Every instinct screamed to wake Adrien to show him, to demand answers but something stopped him The words from earlier echoed in his head.He already knows Adrien father next move.He already expects it.And maybe that was what scared Ryan most.He set the phone back on the counter careful to leave it exactly where it had been charging. The message faded into darkness as the screen went black again. Outside the city’s glow bled weakly through the blinds, painting long restless shadows across the walls.Adrien’s voice carried faintly from the bedroom. “You’re awake?”Ryan swallowed, steadying his breathing. “Just cleaning up.”“Don’t.” Adrien’s tone was distant heavy with exhaustion that didn’t belong to the body but to
A Story That Doesn’t Belong To You Chapter 182
The city was silent when they finally made it back to the apartment.Not peaceful just hollow, the kind of silence that pressed on the chest and reminded you how close death had been.Adrien moved first, closing the door behind them, then bracing a hand against the wall. His knuckles were bloodied, a shallow cut sliced across his cheek, and his shirt was damp from the sprinkler water. Ryan dropped the emergency bag on the counter breath still uneven watching Adrien like he was afraid he might fall apart.He didn’t Adrien never did.But the tremor in his fingers betrayed him.“Sit down,” Ryan said quietly.Adrien gave a low exhale. “It’s just a scratch.”“Then it won’t kill you to sit.”Their eyes met one sharp with command, the other stubborn with exhaustion. Adrien finally relented, lowering himself onto the couch. The adrenaline was wearing off, leaving behind the raw ache of muscles pushed too far and nerves burned out.Ryan fetched the first aid kit from the cabinet. The metallic
A Story That Doesn’t Belong To You Chapter 181
The docks were a different kind of quiet not the comforting kind that came with peace but the watchful silence before something broke. The water was black and still, reflecting the faint orange of the streetlights. Rusted containers stacked high like tombs loomed on both sides of the narrow road, and somewhere in the distance, a chain creaked in the wind.Adrien parked the car two blocks away. “We go on foot from here,” he said slipping on his gloves.Ryan zipped his jacket higher against the chill. “You’re sure he’s here?”Adrien’s expression was unreadable. “He wants me to think he isn’t Which means he is.”Ryan exhaled through his nose. “That logic makes me want to throw up.”“Good,” Adrien said dryly. “Means you’re still alert.”They moved through the shadows, steps silent on wet asphalt. Adrien’s movements were all precision no wasted motion, no hesitation He’d been here before, in a hundred different ways Only this time, the ghost he was hunting shared his blood.When they reach
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Morning crept in quietly The apartment was hushed except for the faint hum of the refrigerator and the rhythmic tapping of Adrien’s fingers on the keyboard.He hadn’t spoken much since last night.Ryan sat across from him at the table watching as lines of encrypted code scrolled across the laptop screen. A mug of untouched coffee sat between them, steam long gone cold. The storm outside might have passed but the one between them hadn’t.“How long have you been at it?” Ryan asked quietly.Adrien’s eyes didn’t leave the screen. “Since three.”Ryan glanced at the clock it was barely seven. “You said we’d rest.”“I lied.”Ryan exhaled softly through his nose. “Yeah, I noticed.”Adrien’s mouth twitched, the closest thing to humor he could manage right now. His focus stayed locked on the screen as he spoke. “He’s rerouting his data servers. I traced the feed from the video last night it wasn’t local. It was bounced through four ghost networks, all leading back to an abandoned corporate IP i
A Story That Doesn’t Belong To You Chapter 179
The rain hadn’t stopped by morning. It came in steady sheets that blurred the skyline, smearing the edges of the city like watercolor left too long in the storm. The apartment was dim, the lights low, everything hushed. Adrien sat at the kitchen table with a map spread open before him, red ink circling half the city.He’d been silent for hours.Not calculating not the way he usually did.Just quiet, staring at the lines like they could form an answer he hadn’t already tried to find.Ryan watched from across the room. He hadn’t changed out of last night’s clothes neither of them had. The coffee on the counter had gone cold. The air smelled like rain and exhaustion.Finally, Ryan spoke. “You’ve been staring at that map for two hours.”Adrien didn’t look up. “I’m thinking.”“You’re spiraling.”He said it gently, but the words still landed hard. Adrien’s eyes flicked up the sharp, cutting blue dulled by sleeplessness. “And what do you suggest I do instead?”Ryan hesitated, crossing his ar
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